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Posted on 27/09/201827/09/2018 by Esther Helena Arens

Leaves and Limbs. A Visual Essay

4th image from the top
of performance “Ina Kwana Baja – Hallo Slaaf –Hello Slave”
by Onias Landveld

Photography
by Esther Helena Arens at Tropenmuseum Amsterdam,
25 September 2018.


CategoriesArtikel TagsBorobodur, Mapping Slavery, Medicinal booklet, Onias Landveld, Rumphius, Timber and Trade, Tropenmuseum

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Starting from G. Rumphius’ “Het Amboinsche Kruid-Boek”, written on Ambon in the late 1600s and published in Amsterdam from 1741 onwards – how to research historical plants, analyze botanical material culture, and write about the coloniality of a botanical regime?

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